Carole grew up in Western Canada, not far from the Canadian Rockies.  Always interested in design, color, and textiles, she studied at the New York School of Design, after which she traveled to Australia, where she opened a shop selling original garments that she created to feature dyeing techniques on natural fabrics.  The creative process and entrepreneurial aspect of developing a wholesale business was thrilling, but the pull of family brought her back to San Francisco, where she continued to develop her dyeing techniques and sell her wares to boutiques and specialty stores across the country.

Spiritually, Carole’s interest was sparked when reading the works of Joseph Campbell.  Very much a seeker, her spiritual path eventually lead her to Unity San Francisco, where she instantly felt at home and enrolled in each new class that was offered.  Through learning the Core Values of the community, along with the Five Principles of Unity, she knew that it was a place where she could learn, grow, and serve.

Today, she is a member of the Prayer Chaplains, along with the governing board and hospitality team.  Being a part of Unity has enriched her life and helped her to become more comfortable with who she is as she happily creates the life she wishes based on Unity Principles.  She enjoys painting, gardening, working with mosaics, and, of course, serving passionately as a member of the Unity community.

Ethel grew up in a Roman Catholic family before finding her way to Siddha Yoga and finally to Unity. She attended and served at Unity Chapel, Southgate, Michigan for about 30 years before arriving at Unity of San Francisco about a year and a half ago. She started out taking classes and then began attending services. She is a Licensed Unity Teacher (2003) and is currently a student at Unity Worldwide Spiritual Institute in the Spiritual Direction Certificate program. Of her varied spiritual background, Ethel states that Catholicism taught her a love of ritual and sacred music while Siddha Yoga taught her oneness and that everyone carries divinity within them. Eric Butterworth’s book, Discover the Power Within You, was Ethel’s introduction to Unity (1991) and she’s been with us ever since. 

Ethel received a master of social work degree in interpersonal mental health practice from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. She was raised in Monroe and currently lives in Allen Park, Michigan with her husband Peter. Having retired after 28 years of service with the Federal Government where she was employed as a clinical social worker and health system specialist, Ethel now spends her time keeping up with friends, trying out some new hobbies, and playing with her dog, Brookie. She is happy to be serving on the Board of Trustees at Unity of San Francisco and looks forward to ensuring that the remote community’s needs are considered during board deliberations and actions.

Founder Prancing Ponies Foundation 501(c)3, Rally and Car Show which ‘Creates Women Leaders One Girl at a Time’ through by supporting Women’s attendance to workshops, seminars, and conferences they can otherwise not afford. The Foundation is supported by the first All Woman Car Show during Monterey Car Week, the first all-female Ferrari rally in the world, and local rallies and fashions how fundraisers.  These fundraising events have been covered by over 100+ media outlets including Bloomberg, CBS, ABC, NBC, Huffington Post, MonacoLife, TurboM6 France, Restoration Garage and recently featured in Wall Street Journal as the number one story of 2020.  She has met many luminaries such as race car driver Lyn St. James, Oprah Winfrey, and Mavis & Jay Leno.

Prior to founding Prancing Ponies, Chanterria received her BA from CSU Hayward and her MBA in Entrepreneurship from the International University of Monaco.  After graduating, she was recruited as VP of an IT startup in Brussels, Belgium where she represented the only European company on the FTC’s online behavior targeting panel along with Yahoo, Microsoft, Google and Apple – her lone dissenting opinion is represented in the GDPR law passed in 2018.  She then became the first employee of a startup biotech in the San Francisco Bay Area that went public.

She currently lives between Monaco and San Francisco where she holds the title of the first Black American Women to buy a Ferrari in California and to relax she enjoys racing her Ferrari named ‘Coco’, participating in European and US rallies, and dancing – her favorite past time since graduating from San Francisco School of the Arts High School.

Aneesha has extensive experience in software development and engineering. She holds a master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Computer Engineering. Originally from Michigan, Aneesha currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and enjoys international travel.

Misa Malone was introduced to the joy of singing at a very young age.  Raised in the Church and singing lead in front of The Sunshine Band at the tender age of 7 years old, singing became the way to express love and joy; the love of God, and the joy of living and all that it entails.  While singing was something that she has always done and enjoyed, it is from the music itself that music derives true pleasure.

A poet and storyteller, also from a young age, she began writing songs and singing them.  An onstage performer with the longest running musical in the world, Beach Blanket Babylon, she was blessed to perform for the legendary Tony Bennett, who blew her kisses from the audience.

Misa has completed two studio albums, her sophomore release, Awaited, and her award-winning freshman release, Shades of Blue.  An integral member of the Unity San Francisco ministry team, Misa joined the Unity movement five years ago and is currently working on an EP of New Thought music.  About her released work, Misa says, “Shades of Blue and Awaited were a birth of many things: lessons learned, love and chaos, and all of the things that make this human life worth living.  Now that I have a better understanding of who I am as an artist, who I am in consciousness, and where my music can lead the listener, I am excited to record music that genuinely connects people not only to each other but to the divinity that resides in each of us.”